Unit 8 — ENGLISH STD 11 Commerce — Question

What is your assessment of Taplow as a student? Write his brief character-sketch as well.

What problems did Howard Carter face with regard to Tut’s mummy? How did he solve them?

The odd way in which the author’s grandmother behaved just before she died.

Have you heard any boatmen’s songs ? What kind of emotions do these songs usually express ?

How did the sparrows show that they had not come for the bread?
OR
How did the sparrows pay their last homage to the grandmother?

How did the narrator and his grandmother become good friends?

What impression do you form of Frank and Mrs Crocker-Harris?

‘The Emperor may rule over the territory he has conquered, but only the artist knows the way within.’

Scientific intervention is necessary to unearth buried mysteries.
(Students are expected to debate on issue raised in the text related to rediscovering history with the help of technology; respect for traditions, etc. While answering these questions, students are required reflect on the issues and give their points 0f view)

Explain, ‘what goes under the pot now costs more than what goes inside it.’